Toy gun.



H. H. KEMPF.

TOY GUN.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 16. I916- Patented Dec. 4, 1917.

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HERMAN H. KEMPF, 0F BROOKIiYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOB, T0 LEO SCI-ILESINGER, OF

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TOY GUN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 16, 1916. Serial No. 84,512.

To all whom z'tmay concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN H. KEMPF, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Guns, of which the following is a specification. r

My invention relates to toy guns, preferably of the type which fires aprojectile, although certain of the features of my invention are not limited to a gun of this particular type.

One ob ect of my invention, is to provide a simple device for firing projectileswherein the gun will be automatically loaded by the movement of the gun. Another object is to provide'a single operating device which will serve to move the gun into loading position and which will also serve to fire the gun.- Another objectof the invention isto provide a disappearing gun orone which. will disappear behindorwithin awa l-l. or

inclosure representing a fort, whereby the toy will simulate disappearing guns such as are used in actual-warfare. Another ob ect of the invention is to combine both the self loading and disappearing features in a novel and simple manner.

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Figure 1 isan elevation of the complete device, including aninclosure representing a fort, in which view, the parts areshown 1n the position just as the gunhas been fired,

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectlonal view through the middle of the device showing thegunready for firing, r a I Fig. 3 is a similar view with the gun in loading position,

Fig. 4 is a detail sectional viewofthe cut off for the projectiles, being taken at right angle'to Fig. 2, l

. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional viewof the cut off member, r j 1 Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 3, and

' Fig.7 is a sectional viewtaken on the line 77ofFig.2.- S

I have shown the working or movable parts arranged ainorprojecting from an inclosure 1 which I have designed to represent swung down and through this openin a miniature'fort. While this increases the,

interest in the toy, nevertheless it will be obvious that the gun may be utilized without such an inclosure. The complete combination, however, is made possible by the construction herein shown. I

The inclosure 1 is here shown as a cylin drical body attached to a base 2 and having a partition 3inside and near the top of the body. i

The base 2 has stamped up therefrom arallel standards 4 in which the shaft 5 is ournaled, the shaft here being shown long.

enough to .avoid having to provide any means thereon for holdingit in place, '5. e., for preventing it from sliding out of the standards 4. Thisfacilitates disassembling the parts for shipping.

The shaft 5 forms a support for the gun.

cap 9 to act on the projectile for projecting it. A coiled spring 10 surrounding the plunger engages at one end with the cap 9.

and at the other end with a breech plate or cap11, which latter is here shown as being held in position by the shaft 5, which passes therethrough. The spring 10 is placed under compression by drawing back the plunger and the power thus stored up in the spring serves tomove the plunger and fire the projectile. I

The plunger 8 extends through the breech plate 11 and it is shownprovided with a book 12 to engage the shaft 5 and terminate.

the forward movement of the plunger. It is also provided with an engaging portion or hook 13 with which the cocking and firing mean engages.

There is an arm or bracket 14 here shown as fixedly attached to the rear end of the gun barrel by pins 15 and the barrel is rocked up and down by movementof this bracket.

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There is a lever 16 fulcrumed to the bracket at the point 17 and one end of this lever serves as an'operating handle 18. To the other end of this lever there is fulcrumed at 19, an operating member 20 which is shown herein as a long pawl, the lower end of which is bent at right angle to form a broad engaging part 21 to engage the hook 13 on the part 33 is moving out from under the lowermost ball and finally the latterfalls into, the gun barrel which, bythat time, is in line with the magazine. The gun now being loaded,the; lever 16 is raised-(handleend) the barrel moves down until it rests on the edge of the opening 7 which is its firing position. When the barrel beplunger. There is a spring 22 on the lever-gins to swing down, the cut off is caused to 16, which engages a lug 23 on the bracket 14, and this spring tends to force the lever 16 over against another lug 24 on the other side of the bracket. There is another spring 25', which is fastened to the pawl 20 and its outer end engages a lug 26 on the lever 16. The latter spring tends to force the pawl into contact with a lug 27 on the lever 16.

The lever 16 is here shown as projecting through a rear slot 28in the member 1 so that it will be accessible for operation.

The projectiles, which may consist of balls ormarbles, 29, are placed in the magazine tube 30 which projects upward from the top 3;. short tube 31 forms a continuation of the tube 30 and it has a slot 32 in which part of the cut Olf moves. The cut oit or device for allowing only one ball to drop into the barrel, is preferably operated by the barrel. It is shown herein as a member 33 which swings horizontally on a pivot 34. It consists of a horizontal part 36 which travels in the slot 32 of the tube 31. There is also a depending lip or abutment piece 37 on the member 33 and. this lies in the path of the end of the. gun barrel. There is a spring 38, which presses on the part 37 to move the cut ofi' device to the position shown in'FigQ. p v

Operation-Assuming that a supply of projectiles has been inserted'in the. magazine and the gun to be in the position shown in Fig. 2, the operation will .be asfollows: At this time the cut of]? will be in the position' shown in Fig. 2, and the lower'ball.

will rest on. the part 33 of the cutoff and the others will rest. upon the first ball. At

this time the open part39 of the cutoff is" inline with the tube, so that theballs will rest on the part 33.

If the lever 16 is now swung downwardly,

the lever, the bracket 14:, the pawl 20 and the gun barrel will all moveto theposition shown in Fig; 3. to rest upon the stop 10. which is stamped up from the base, and this will insure the alinement of the gun barrel with the magazine tube. Just before the barrel reached the position shown in 3"it came into Thebrachet 14 will come follow it by the spring 38. In thisreturm operation of the cut oflt' the part36 moves out of the path of the balls and the part 33 moves into their path, so that the support of the balls passes from the-former to thei latter. This completes one-feeding operation of the cut cit. Subsequent operationstake place in the same manner every time the gun swings up and back, l

The first part of the upward movement: of the handle- 18 in the operation just de 11 scribed brings the barrel to rest on the lower vedge of the opening or gun port 7. As" the handle is moved above this position the gun ceases to move by reason of the resistanceof the wall 1 and likewise the bracket 14 9g} ceases to move, so the lever 16 rocks on its pivot 17in oppositionto its spring22. During this latter movement the pawl 20 is en--; t gaged with the plunger hook 13 and thel plunger isgradually pulled back or cooked, as shown in dotted linesin Fig. 2. By the time the handle 18'has I 'GHChGlCl' the'limitof its upward movement the pawl 20 will havei tripped off the hook 13. then this occurs; the plunger will be thrown forward by its] me spring 10 and it will throw the projectile. VVhen the handle is released, or when itisl again moved downwardly theparts will re T turn to the full lineposition shown in Fig.1 2, with thepawl engagement with the: 1 .5 hook 13. The above described operations; may be repeated as-o liten as desired and the operations of load'ing and firing may be performed very rapidly. i 7

It will be apparent from the above that 11s the loading operation-is controlled by the gun barrel, sothat the dropping of the ball occurs at the proper moment, i. rei, Whilethe 1 1 barr'elis in'l ine to receive it. This arrangement at the loading device is very simple and efiective, and it is not likely to get" out of order. The device is very simple to operate because the. same operating part I or handle effects the loading, positioning, firing and disappearing 1 operations. The parts are few and simple. to manufacture and assemble. So far as I lrnow this is the first example of a toy disappearing gun and sofar as I know it is the iirst'toy' gun which automatically receives afiprojectile when moved to one position and which'fires the projectile when moved to-another posi- I have described indetaiil the best form: of the invention now known tome but I desire to be understood as covering all forms which come within the scope of the annexed claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A toy ofthe class described comprising a wall or inclosure, a gun movable into firing position and-adapted to be retractedv gun, loading it and firing it.

3. A toy ofthe class described, comprising a wall or inclosure, a gun movable into firing position and adapted to be retracted within or behind said wall or inclosure, a magazine for supplying projectiles when the gun is in retracted position, and common operating means for moving the gun and for loading and firing it.

4. A toy of the class described, comprising a wall having an opening or slot, a gun pivoted to swing upwardly in said opening or slot to recede within or behind the wall and to swing downwardly into firing position, a magazine for delivering projectiles to the gun when in its upward position, and means for swinging the gun and loading and firing it. p

5. A toy of the class described comprising a wall having an opening or slot, a gun pivoted to swing upwardly in said opening or slot to recede within or behind the wall and to swing downwardly into firing posi- Copies of this patent may be obtained for tion, a magazine for delivering projectiles to the gun when in its upward position, and common operating means for swinging the gun, loading and firing it.

6. A toy of the class described comprising a magazine, a gun movable into position to receive a projectile from said magazine and movable away from the magazine for firing, and common operating means for moving, loading and firing the gun.

7. A toy of the class described comprising a gun movably supported, a lever having its fulcrum movable with the gun whereby said lever may move the gun and means operated by the said lever for firing the gun.

8. A toy of the class described comprising a gun pivotally supported, a lever having its fulcrum in fixed relation to the gun whereby said lever may swing the gun, a plunger for the gun and a pawl operated by said lever for operating the plunger.

9. A toy of the class described comprising a magazine, a gun pivotally mounted to swing into and out of loading position in relation to the magazine, a lever for moving the gun, a plunger for the gun and a pawl operated by said lever for operating the plunger. 1

10. A toy of the class described comprising a magazine, a cut 0H for the magazine, a gun pivotally mounted to swing into and out of loading position in relation to the magazine, said gun being arranged to oper ate said cut oil, a lever for moving the gun, a plunger for the gun and means operated by said lever for operating the plunger.

Signed at the city, county and State of New York, this 10th day of March, 1916.

HERMAN H. KEMPF.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

